Sometimes I sense that living in contemporary America must feel like nonstop walking on eggshells, always worrying that something you could say might offend. I’ve lived in Spain now for...
Read More
It is a true testament to the decency of my college roommate during the 1988-1989 school year that he never burned my Sonic Youth Sister album, which I played fairly...
Read More
I have a joke I think to myself (it’s not good enough to tell others out loud, really) whenever I listen to Yo La Tengo: that my first Yo La...
Read More
I tend to be the kind of listener who prefers bands before they make it big, back in their early stages, when they have a distinct sound which they have...
Read More
I’ve always wanted to dismiss Belle and Sebastian. To my ears, they come across as overly precious, privileged prep school students playing at being Nick Drake, only with as many...
Read More
When I first moved to Boston in 1993 for grad school, I searched for a radio station that could replace the college radio of my undergrad days, KTRU. Boston, it...
Read More
No matter what the band, everyone has a different favorite album, and a fair number of those favorites fall into a few categories: First comes the TFAWB (their first album...
Read More
Beck’s single “Loser” appeared out of nowhere, a humorous quasi-rap that showed no mercy in mocking itself. It was everywhere, and it was brilliant. Yet it seemed destined to be...
Read More
When I first discovered Moby, I wasn’t quite ready for his music. I picked up Everything is Wrong (1995) after seeing it on SPIN magazine’s year-end list and loved most...
Read More
It may seem strange to see so many playlists for an artist who has rarely been front and center in the musical landscape. But every Nick Cave album has at...
Read More
Recent Comments